NEWSLETTER

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IMPORTANT DATES

Term 1 2020

9/3/2020

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Adelaide Cup

10 /3/2020

Tuesday PUPIL FREE DAY OSHC available

17/3/2020

Governing Council AGM

18/3/2020

School Tour 3.30pm

20/3/2020

Harmony Day Assembly

(Harmony Day 21/3/2020)

National Day against Bullying

3/4/2020

Sports Day

4/4/2020

Daylight savings ends

9/4/2020

Thursday - Last Day of Term Early dismissal 2pm

10/4/2020

GOOD FRIDAY

Issue 3 - Term 1, 2020

Principal

Gael Little

Ph: 08 8337 1411

Dear Families,

Welcome to all new students and families to East Torrens Primary, it is

wonderful to have you as part of our school community.

East Torrens is experiencing record enrolments, we are now at 390 students,

our highest ever number of students.

Some news for you about our teaching staff:-

Marc Johnson has won the position of Acting Well Being Leader (Student

Counsellor). Congratulations Marc!

This position is to replace Martha Pampoukidis who is working in the Southern

Education Office at the moment.

Marc’s replacement working in the Science department is Imogen Carruthers.

Welcome Imogen.

The other great news is that East Torrens Primary has been chosen by our

Education Department to feature in a video about our work in anti bullying

across the last ten years. Our school was filmed on Friday the 21st of February

by the media department to showcase our brilliant students and staff. We will

be featuring the video at our assembly on March the 20th to celebrate the

National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence.

Please put this date in your diaries as we

would love to see you at this assembly.

Kind Regards

Gael Little, Principal

As of the beginning of March all communications, such as

newsletters, notices and reminders will be via the SkoolBag app only.

COMMUNICATION MATTERS at EAST TORRENS

Student Contact Information

Printouts of student/family information have been sent home.

Please review, update any information and return to the school immediately as it is imperative that we have correct information in our

database.

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Dear Families,

Welcome to the following new students and families who have started since our last newsletter

Our numbers are still increasing and a new IELPC class will start in Week 7

Some changes to current classes will occur as students are placed in the new class.

Please remember that students are required to attend in school uniform; the tops/jumpers must have our logo and pants/shorts/skirts must be plain navy blue.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me or make an appointment with your child’s class teacher. Wendy Olsson IELPC Leader

On Tuesday the 10th March the school will be closed. Staff will be participating in Training and Development – furthering our understanding of Moderation and Assessment. This is a partnership

direction and approved by our Governing Council.

All schools in the Campbell Partnership will be involved.

Please Note: Pupil Free Day follows a long weekend.

The OSHC program is available for child care requirements on our Pupil Free Day. Please book on 0401121298 and leave a message with Antonella. (Full day fee is $51 before Child Care Benefits).

The closing date for OSHC bookings will be Friday the 6th of March at 4 pm.

Please note: ten or more children are required for OSHC to be open.

NEW IELPC STUDENTS TERM 1 2020 Eldana AMSALU Muyang PEI

Ike BODIBAATAR Mani RAEISI

Pratham KANDA Avina SHEKOUHZADEH

Junaynah KOTHA Marco WANG

Mani MAJEDI Chengxiang XIAO

Julieta MAYORGA JIMENEZ

Greetings all,

My name is Marc Johnson and I am excited to have won the position as Wellbeing Leader for Term 1. You may have seen me around the school in my role as Mainstream Science teacher for the past 3 years. 2020 marks my 10th year as a member of staff at East Torrens Primary School so I have seen many changes throughout that time.

I am really thrilled to begin my role as Wellbeing Leader and help to strengthen the school culture around Community and Excellence with the other staff, students and leaders of East Torrens Primary School. One of my goals for this term is to establish strong connections with the school community through building Student Leadership Teams and providing more opportunities for Student Voice.

I am looking forward to working across the school in this role and developing closer relationships within the whole school community. Please take the opportunity to come and say hello if you see me around the yard or to come and make a time to speak with me regarding any future directions of the school.

Marc Johnson Student Wellbeing Leader (Term 1)

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EALD News

Dear Families,

The middle of the term is quickly approaching and all classes are working hard on their writing skills.

For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Melissa Ciufoli and my role is to support students

for whom English is an additional language.

This year I will be working across all Mainstream classes with class teachers to support students with

their reading and writing skills. I will also be working with small groups and individual students.

If your child qualifies for more intensive support with their English learning, a note will go home in the

coming weeks explaining the area of English your child will be receiving support with.

If you have any questions about your child’s English learning, feel free to contact me from Monday to

Friday.

Regards

Melissa Ciufoli R-7 EALD Teacher

Wellbeing

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Mathematics in M2 In M2 we are currently learning about place value. This week we have been partitioning numbers and finding out how many

different ways we can make the number 10 and above. We have also been learning about relative size by creating number

lines and using unifix cubes. Have a look to see what we have been up to!

Partitioning to 10

6 + 4=10

Partitioning to 10

8 + 2=10

Partitioning to 20

14 + 6=20

Relative size to 10 using number lines and unifix

cubes.

As part of our Biology content for this

term, classes are learning a range of

different concepts around the needs of

different living things, as well as the way

living things adapt to survive within

different environments. Here is an image

that makes us think about some changing

environmental factors to do with plants.

If you would like to conduct an experiment

based on the criteria listed please see Mr

Johnson in the Wellbeing Office between

Monday Week 6 and Friday Week 7 to

receive a pack.

There will only be a small number of packs

available and some additional purchasing

may be required.

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What are the dimensions of the rectangle whose width is 2/3 its length and perimeter is 180cm?

A. Length = 36m and width = 54m B. Length = 24m and width = 16m C. Length = 54m and width = 36m D. Length = 18m and width = 12m

www.backtofrontmaths.com.au

Quiz Time

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